AstraZeneca CEO Soriot touts M&A appetite as company weighs vaccine future: report Moderna co-founder helps finance Belgian mRNA shop Walmart expanding abortion coverage as employers navigate post-Roe landscape Abbott proclaims FDA approval of neurostimulator to treat pain in 6 areas at once Former Kadmon consultant pleads guilty to insider trading ahead of Sanofi buyout Windtree takes weight off branches, enters near $80M biobucks deal for acute pulmonary pipeline platform Medtronic still eyeing modest year-over-year growth as fiscal 2023 kicks off with slipping revenues Novartis set to eliminate many leadership positions as part of 1,400 layoffs in Switzerland Wyden probes marketing practices for Medicare Advantage, Part D plans Foghorn downgraded to full clinical hold, with more patient deaths clouding AML, MDS trial Gilead can't escape antitrust suit centered on pay-for-delay deal with Cipla, judge says CMS approves first measures to track social determinants at federal level Digital Diagnostics dials up $75M funding for diabetic retinopathy AI Featured Story By Fraiser Kansteiner AstraZeneca’s adenovirus-based COVID shot Vaxzevria has walked in the shadow of mRNA giants during the pandemic. Now, the company is weighing whether to stick with vaccines at all. read more |
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Frank Glassner made $368,000 trading off of nonpublic information, the feds say. read more By Gabrielle Masson Windtree Therapeutics is taking weight off its branches, entering a global licensing deal with Lee’s Pharmaceutical and Zhaoke Pharmaceutical that offers more than $78.9 million in potential biobucks for several acute pulmonary pipeline treatments. read more By Andrea Park Despite the waning effects of the pandemic and an intact device portfolio, Medtronic started a new fiscal year on a slightly sour note. read more By Kevin Dunleavy Of the 1,400 jobs Novartis plans to cut in its home country of Switzerland, up to half will be leadership positions, the company said during a media event Tuesday in Zurich. The news comes after the company revealed in June that it would slash 8,000 jobs in order to save $1 billion. read more By Robert King Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is probing marketing practices for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, asking state regulators for the most common sources of consumer complaints. read more By Max Bayer Three months after the FDA sent a warning to Foghorn via a partial clinical hold on its phase 1 trial, regulators have become even more dismayed, downgrading the company's study to a full hold in light of additional patient deaths. read more By Eric Sagonowsky Gilead is no stranger to antitrust lawsuits for its antiviral medicines, and now it's facing yet another in California. The Jacksonville Police Officers and Fire Fighters Health Insurance Trust is questioning the specifics of the company's 2014 patent settlement with Cipla. read more By Anastassia Gliadkovskaya The measure set was proposed by the Physicians Foundation and will be effective 2023. 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